Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 11/19] x86/cpu: Print VMX flags in /proc/cpuinfo using VMX_FEATURES_* | From | Paolo Bonzini <> | Date | Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:23:46 +0100 |
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On 12/12/19 19:18, Sean Christopherson wrote: > Using v<feature> across the board makes sense to keep things consistent, > i.e. vnmi, vtpr, vapic, etc... > > Anyone have thoughts on how to shorten "APIC-register virtualization" > without colliding with vapic or apicv? I currently have apic_reg_virt, > which is a bit wordy. apic_regv isn't awful, but I don't love it.
Perhaps vapic_access and vapic_register?
> > The other control that will be awkard is "Virtual Interrupt Delivery". > vint_delivery?
We can just use vid I think. And posted_intr.
>>> unrestricted_guest -> unres_guest >> >> Full? Or just unrestricted > > I prefer unrestricted_guest, a bare unrestricted just makes me wonder > "unrestricted what?". But I can live with "unrestricted" if that's the > consensus.
I do prefer unrestricted_guest actually.
>> In general I would stick to the same names as kvm_intel module >> parameters (sans "enable_" if applicable) and not even bother publishing >> the others. Some features are either not used by KVM or available on >> all VMX processors. > > IMO there's value in printing features that are not 1:1 with module params. > > I also think it makes sense to print features of interest even if KVM > doesn't (yet) support the feature, e.g. to allow a user/developer to check > if they can use/test a KVM build with support for a new feature without > having to build and install the new kernel. > >> Paolo >> >>> and so on. Those are just my examples - I betcha the SDM is more >>> creative here with abbreviations. But you guys are going to grep for >>> them. If it were me, I'd save on typing. :-) >
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